Roo (bull) bar in Europe

[Major_B]

My understanding is that US bumpers are metal bumpers while UK/EU are plastic bumpers.
Regardless of legal considerations here, has anyone in UK/EU installed a bull bar and if so did you have to replace the bumper?
Any links to a company doing this mainland?
Thanks
Laurent

 

[landmannnn]

My understanding is that US bumpers are metal bumpers while UK/EU are plastic bumpers.
Regardless of legal considerations here, has anyone in UK/EU installed a bull bar and if so did you have to replace the bumper?
Any links to a company doing this mainland?
Thanks
Laurent

You cannot ingore the legal considerations. The fine in the UK just for selling a bullbar is up to £25,000 or 2 years in prison, EU will not be very different.

 

[Jeremy996]

In the UK there is theoretically an exemption for a winch bumper/mount, as the functionality is deemed important, but as the Grenadier has a compliant one, I am not sure I would be willing to push it. Your chances of bumping into a traffic policement or DVSA employee with the knowledge and time to put you through the wringer is not great, but if you get involved in road traffic incident with personal injury/death, they will have all the time in the world.

Also bear in mind that your insurance company will ask you to make a declaration that your vehicle complies with UK legislation on sign up, so if the authorities decide your winch bumper is non-compliant, you will not have any insurance either.

 

[Major_B]

Things are a bit different in Belgium, a bull bar is legal if it is part of standard mount. That’s one thing. Then it is about having the bar only on some expeditions/countries, hence the procurement question. I understand now that UK is probably not the place to look for one

 

[landmannnn]

Things are a bit different in Belgium, a bull bar is legal if it is part of standard mount. That’s one thing. Then it is about having the bar only on some expeditions/countries, hence the procurement question. I understand now that UK is probably not the place to look for one

You have been misinformed. A rigid steel bull bar was banned in the EU in 2007.